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TV Makes Kids Want More Toys
Maile
According to this article in the San Francisco Chronicle today, a Stanford study has shown that the more time kids spend watching TV, playing video games, and looking at the computer (what they call 'screentime'),... More »
Simplify Your Time, Part 1
Maile
An important and potentially overlooked aspect of voluntary simplicity is the simplifying of our time. When this is considered, it seems usually to be framed in terms of money. An article in this month's Harper's... More »
Voluntary Simplicity
Maile
I want to welcome anyone interested in discussing Voluntary Simplicity in more depth to join the new VS pod where we'll discuss everything from scaling down our possessions to shrinking our ecological footprint to gaining... More »
Is Being a Non-Consumerist Capitalist Ethical?
Maile
On the face of this question, the answer has to be yes. Non-consumerism is not about consuming nothing (we'd die) but about consuming less. To me, it's about replacing our more-is-better attitude with a just-enough-is-better... More »
Dwell in Simplicity
Maile
People have been asking about my forming organization business and how it is connected to the idea of Voluntary Simplicity . So here, in brief, is my answer, copied from the reply I gave to... More »
Personal Development
June 2006 